British Rail’s Approach to Disabled Travelers

This paper describes how, during the International Year of Disabled People, the Chairman of the Board of British Railways was under a commitment in order to make rail travel possible for disabled people in Britain. Accordingly, the committee appointed a Special Advisor who himself was severely disabled and he also had many years of senior-level experience with the Canadian National Railways. With the Advisor in a position of liaison, understanding not only the difficulties of the disabled who wished to travel by train but also the problems facing the Railway officers and staff directly involved, the paper describes how a strategy was developed that would use available financial resources to maximum effect.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Buchanan, William G
• Conference:
  • The Fourth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-7-21 to 1986-7-23
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: pp 45-50
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-23, 1986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Persons with disabilities; Rail transit; Rail transit facilities; Railroad transportation; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Traveler information and communication systems
• Identifier Terms: Canadian National Railways; Transed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disabled passengers
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01047608
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 2007 6:48PM